Burnin' & Lootin' [Live at The Roxy, 1976] Songtext
von Bob Marley & The Wailers

This morning I woke up in a curfew
Oh God! I was a prisoner, too
Could not recognize the faces standing over me
All dressed in uniforms of brutality

How many rivers do we have to cross
Before we can talk to the boss?
All that we get, it seems we have lost
We must have really paid the cost

That′s why we gonna be

Burnin' and a-lootin′ tonight
Burnin' and a-lootin' tonight
To survive!
Burnin′ all pollution tonight
Tonight!
Burnin′ all illusion tonight - oh!


Give me the food and let me grow
Let the Roots Man take a blow
All them drugs gonna make you slow now
It's not the music from the ghetto

Weeping and a-wailin′ tonight
Can you just say?
(Weeping and a-wailin' tonight) Oh!
(Weeping and a-wailin′ tonight) Yeah!
(Weeping and a-wailin') tonight-i-ight

(Burnin′ and a-lootin' tonight) to survive
(Burnin' and a-lootin′ tonight) say it baby lion
Burnin′ all pollution tonight (burnin' all illusion)
(Burnin′ all illusion) tonight-i-ight

Weeping and a-wailin' tonight
Who can stop the tears?
(Weeping and a-wailin′ tonight) we suffer this lonely alone here
(Weeping and a-wailin' tonight) weeping and a-wailin′
(Weeping and a-wailin') tonight-i-ight